Most Popular Posts Of The WeekI’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE FOURTE
Friday’s Must-Read Articles On School ReopeningsClker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Biden Trims Ambitions on School Reopening Pledge is from The NY Times. 3 Teachers On The Push To Return To The Classroom is from NPR. It looks as if the reopening timeline for Philly schools could depend on the school is from The Philadelphia Inquirer. Reflections on te
This Is Exciting – New Center & Website Launched To Support Instruction For Secondary ELLsPeter-Lomas / Pixabay The Institute of Education Sciences recently announced that they had funded WestEd to create a National Research & Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners that has already developed a website chock full of resources. Interestingly, last July I posted about the IES funding another group in Texas to do something similar. Here’s what I shared: Thi
I Discovered Today That Our District Had Pushed Out Zoom Updates To Chromebooks & Our Students Can Now Self-Select Breakout Rooms!mohamed_hassan / Pixabay In late September, Zoom added the option for students to self-select breakout rooms, which was a feature that I had long-hoped they would add. However, as I noted then, there was a catch (see Zoom Adds The Ability Of Participants To Self-Select Their Breakout Rooms, But There Is A Catch ) – it wasn’t available if you used the Zoom website, and you had to actually update t
Video: Good Explainer About India Farmer Protests From The Daily Show – For Secondary StudentsOpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay This new video from The Daily Show provides the best explanation I’ve seen of the giant protests going on in India by its farmers. Unfortunately, though I didn’t hear the “f” word, Trevor Noah does use some language that would probably be okay in many secondary classrooms, but probably wouldn’t cut-it in younger grades. I’m adding this post to The Best Sites For Lear
Should Schools Start Preparing For A Wave Of Unaccompanied Minor Refugees?With the ending of former President Trump’s draconian immigration policies, it appears possible that more children fleeing Central American gang violence may be trying to enter the United States. Influx of Unaccompanied Minors Along Southern Border Could Pose Test for Schools is a new article from The 74 detailing a recent increase. Thought it’s obviously nowhere near the numbers of eight years a
It Seems To Me That This Infographic On “How To Spot Fake News” Could Be Useful In ClassVisual Capitalist just published this infographic, and can find a bigger version on its site . I’m adding this post to The Best Tools & Lessons For Teaching Information Literacy – Help Me Find More.
Thursday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsgeralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Teachers’ Union Leaders Face a Tough Test Over School Reopening is from The NY Times. Chicago Teachers Union OKs Deal To Return To Class, With Vaccines Promised is from NPR. L.A. elementary schools rapidly approach reopening threshold, but teacher vaccines lacking is from The L.A. Times.
Guidelines For The $130 Billion Schools Will Get In The Next Stimulus Look Amazing! What An Opportunity!Matt Barnum at Chalkbeat has written an excellent and accessible summary of how the Biden Administration is proposing the $130 billion earmarked for schools in its extremely-likely-to-pass stimulus package be used. And it sounds amazing! It will be an average of $2,600 per public school student, but that’s an average. High-poverty schools will get more – it will be allotted using Title 1 formulas
“Implementing ‘Multiple Career Pathways to Engage All Learners’”Implementing ‘Multiple Career Pathways to Engage All Learners’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators wrap up a four-part series on teenage student engagement with several ideas,
